Editorial

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari recently highlighted the deep flaws in the civil service but, typically, came short of opting for sweeping change. Instead, he basked in the middling reforms of his administration such as payroll cleansing. […]

A fresh insight into the Contributory Pension Scheme has reignited the debate on its operations. In a sobering update, the National Pension Commission – the regulator – has stated that less than 15 per cent […]

There is palpable apprehension in the air as Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect their state governors and Houses of Assembly members in the final round of the 2019 general election. Primarily, […]

A motley crowd of policemen. There are about 20 of them at the gate, angry, with eyes crimson red. The whole place is rowdy. Who do these policemen? Me I no no, oh! The policemen […]

Although details of reported protest by the Federal Government over recent deportation of Nigerians from Ghana have been sketchy, response from the Foreign Affairs Ministry has been somewhat undiplomatic and insufferable. Most people have been […]

The call by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on development partners to scale up support for implementation of sanitation programmes to fast-track Africa’s progress and deliver on its promise to the continent is well-targeted. However, […]

While some forms of discrimination against women and girls are diminishing, gender inequality continues to hold women back and deprive them of their basic rights and opportunities. The International Women’s Day (IWD) marked the other […]

I want to appeal to President Buhari led Federal Government to save Nigerians from slave auctions in Mali. There is urgent need to rescue more than 20,000 Nigerian girl’s traffic to Mali. There is urgent […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will be sworn in on May 29, this year, for another tenure of four years. After months of electioneering, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Buhari as the winner of the […]

This Saturday, March 9, the Governorship, State Houses of Assembly and the Federal Capital Territory Area Councils elections will be held, following the conclusion of the Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives’ elections that held […]

•That some of our undergraduates are gang-raping colleagues right on campus Universities are supposed to be citadels of learning where people are moulded, not only academically but also, morally. As a matter of fact, the […]

A disclosure the other day by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) boss about possible pursuit of 85,000 millionaire tax defaulters is curious and unfortunate. There is no reason for serious alarm before such a […]

Aviation business in the country recorded a novelty recently when a state-owned airline – Ibom Air – was inaugurated in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Two out of the three aircraft acquired for the fleet were […]

The just suspended industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which disrupted university education calendar for months, has again underscored a stark reality that the Federal Government alone cannot effectively fund tertiary […]

BETTER known as Agbako, (“Calamity”), Alhaji Abdulsalam Sanyaolu, aka, Charles Olumo, has enjoyed an acting career which encompasses the emergence and development of Nigeria’s burgeoning movie industry. Notorious for his bald head, sinister goatee, hoarse […]

It is all over but the reckoning. President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) beat his closest rival Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by polling a commanding 15,191,847 votes to […]

Already dripping with blood, Nigeria’s knife-edge election landscape failed to atone for its vicious past when violence flared up during last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, claiming lives. On Monday, Reuters, an international news […]

THE unveiling of new technology tools recently to track crude production and shipment represents a practical step to end leakages and the industrial scale theft of Nigeria’s crude oil and gas. Though welcome for its […]

After a bitter and divisive electoral contest, Muhammadu Buhari is set to govern Nigeria as President for another four years. Much had been made of the challenge of his main rival, Atiku Abubakar, but following […]

NIGERIA’s deepening frustration in her bid to boost non-oil revenue is a self-inflicted morass. Apparently finding it difficult to meet its revenue projections, the Federal Inland Revenue Service has vowed again to clamp down on […]